Art : Design

‘Books like this one have such an important role to play.’ John Thackara Director Doors of Perception ‘These essays by the most experienced design thinkers help readers keep track of changes and hone their ability to prevent mankind from overheating.’ Ed Van Hinte author 'A rich and powerful collection of essays.' Aidan Rowe University of Alberta Canada ‘ ... these discussions will assist expert and novice alike to reposition themselves for the future in a relatively new and developing discipline.’ Joan Farrer Senior Research Tutor at the Royal College of Art School of Fashion and Textiles UK Designers Visionaries and Other Stories unpacks the complex and crucial debates surrounding sustainable design to deliver a compelling manifesto for change at a time of looming ecological crisis mounting environmental legislation and limited progress. This is a book about sustainable design by the leading sustainable design thinkers for creative practitioners professionals students and academics. This challenging work provides the reader with a rich resource of future visions critical propositions creative ideas and design strategies for working towards a sustainable tomorrow today. The authors boldly present alternative understandings of sustainable design to curate a challenging sometimes uncomfortable and always provocative collection of essays by some of the world’s leading sustainable design thinkers. The result is an impacting and polemical anthology that reinvigorates the culture of critique that in previous years has empowered design with the qualities of social environmental and economic revolution. more...

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This book looks at how human factors are being used more and more in the product design process within commercial manufacturing organisations. It shows how designs can appeal to the user holistically, so that products are a joy to use. more...

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Der Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist die zentrale MaAnahme der DesignfArderung des Bundesministeriums fA1/4r Wirtschaft und Technologie. Er wird vom Rat fA1/4r Formgebung organisiert und prAmiert Produkte von besonders herausragender GestaltungsqualitAt. Voraussetzung fA1/4r die Nominierung ist, dass ein Produkt bereits mit einem nationalen oder internationalen Preis ausgezeichnet wurde. Insgesamt kAnnen 2007 maximal 20 WettbewerbsbeitrAge mit dem Designpreis in Silber und maximal 5 BeitrAge mit dem Designpreis in Gold ausgezeichnet werden. Der Katalog stellt zum einen ausfA1/4hrlich die PreistrAger sowie ca. 200 weitere nominierte Produkte vor. EingefA1/4hrt wird die Publikation mit einem GruAwort des Bundeswirtschaftsministers. more...

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50+ artists from 23 countries use 900 stunning color images to show the best in today's digital art. more...

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Digital creativity is boundless. Art practitioners and scholars continue to explore what technology has to offer and practice-based research is redefining their disciplines. What happens when an artist experiments with bio-scientific data and discovers something the scientists failed to notice? How do virtual telematic environments affect our relationship with the object and our understanding of identity and presence? Interactive engagement with the creative process takes precedence over the finite piece thus affecting the roles of the artist and the viewer.The experience of arts computing in the last decades provides a sound basis for theorising this practice. Since its inception in 1985, CHArt – Computers and the History of Art – has been at the forefront of international debate on digital art practice, curation and scholarship. The ten papers included in this volume, the third CHArt Yearbook published by Intellect, are drawn from recent CHArt conferences. The authors seek to articulate methodological and theoretical perspectives on digital media, including communication and preservation of digital artworks. These issues are pertinent to contemporary visual culture and may help deepen its understanding. more...

Price: $20.00